The Lost Voice of Queen Victoria: The Search for the First Royal Recording
Paul Tritton
ISBN 10: 1873361114 ISBN 13: 9781873361115
Published by Yesteryear Books, 1991
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There is no real doubt that Britain’s longest-reigning monarch allowed her voice to be recorded. The man who made the recording freely discussed it and it is recalled in a letter in the Royal Archives, dated 1907; the incident also rates a passing mention (without a source attribution) in Elizabeth Longford’s exhaustive biography of the Queen, Victoria R.I. The question is what happened to the recording after it was made—and, in a broader sense, why it matters whether it still exists. The search for the recording takes us from the New Jersey laboratories of Thomas Edison to the Highlands of Scotland, and from the archives of the Rolls-Royce motor company to the vaults beneath London’s Science Museum.
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Title: The Lost Voice of Queen Victoria: The Search...
Publisher: Yesteryear Books
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket